It was more than teamwork. It was a single will operating through three bodies.
Su Lan walked to the edge of the platform, peering into the swirling chaos. "The resonance token is stabilizing. I can feel Lu Cang now, that way." She pointed towards a cluster of larger, forested floating islands in the distance. "He's stationary. Probably found a place to hide and wait."
Xueya came to stand beside Lin Tian, her shoulder lightly brushing his. The contact sent a pulse of steadying cold through him. "The ambush proves the collusion Xu Wen warned of. They meant to eliminate you first, then hunt us separately."
Lin Tian nodded, looking at the vast, broken landscape of the Progenitor Rift. The initial skirmish was over. But the trial had just begun, and they had just shown their full hand to whoever was watching from the shadows.
